Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements.

Academic Standing

Students with a minimum first class standing in each of the last two years of full-time study are eligible to apply. GPA for the last year of full-time study is calculated using all courses taken in that year. GPA for the second-to-the-last year of full-time study is calculated using all courses taken in that year. For UBC courses, first class standing is 80% and higher. At other universities, first class standing is determined from marking keys that accompany transcripts. For transcripts which are not accompanied by marking keys, the International Evaluation Manual grading scales and minimum first class standing requirements should be consulted.

Citizenship

All students regardless of citizenship are eligible to apply. Canadian citizens and permanent residents are required to apply to CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC, if they are eligible for funding from these research councils. See the websites of these funding agencies for details regarding eligibility.

Fields of Study

With the exception of those program listed below, students in all fields of graduate study are eligible to apply. Exceptions:

•   Master of Business Administration
•   Master of Management
•   Master of Engineering (in Faculty of Applied Science)
•   Doctor of Pharmacy

Student Status

The following are eligible to apply:

• Registered full-time* UBC graduate students as of September 2011
• Full-time* UBC graduate students starting studies in January 2012
• UBC graduate students on leave from studies in academic year 2011–2012,  who will be registered full-time*  in academic year 2012-2013
• Students who are currently not registered in a UBC graduate program and who are applying for full-time* admission into a UBC graduate program in May 2012, September 2012, or January 2013 are eligible to apply for Affiliated Fellowship funding

*Students are considered full-time if they pay full-time tuition fees. Students are automatically assessed full-time tuition fees (assessed on Schedule A) unless they have indicated in writing that they would like to be switched to a part-time tuition fee schedule(Schedule B). All doctoral students are assessed full-time fees.

Types of Affiliated Fellowships

Several of the Affiliated Fellowships have no specific criteria (unrestricted), while many others have some affiliation or special research focus as part of their criteria (criteria-based). All graduate students in the Affiliated Fellowships competition are automatically considered for unrestricted awards. In order to be considered for any criteria-based awards, students are asked to:

• review the list of criteria-based affiliated awards to determine if they meet any of these awards' criteria
• list in their Affiliated Fellowships application the award numbers of any and all criteria-based affiliated awards for which they are eligible

Months of Graduate Funding

Master’s-level Funding

UBC master’s students are eligible to receive UBC graduate scholarship funding during the first 24 months of full-time enrolment at the graduate level. All previous studies at the graduate level, regardless of institution and discipline, will be included in determining eligibility.*

* All previous months of master's will be counted in assessing eligibility, except in cases where the previous master’s study was required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies as a basis of admission to the applicant's UBC graduate program. This exception may affect a small number of students from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Philippines. This exception does not apply in cases where the previous master’s study was required by the applicant’s graduate program, but not by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Doctoral-level Funding

In cases where a student has undertaken master’s-level studies (whether completed or not), UBC doctoral students are eligible to receive UBC graduate scholarship funding during the first 48 months of full-time enrolment at the doctoral level. All previous studies at the doctoral level, regardless of institution and discipline, will be included in determining eligibility. In cases where a student has transferred directly from a master’s program into a doctoral program without receiving a master’s degree, eligibility for doctoral funding will be counted from the effective date of transfer to the doctoral program.

In cases where a student has proceeded directly from a Bachelor’s or equivalent program to a doctoral program, UBC doctoral students are eligible to receive UBC graduate scholarship funding during the first 60 months of full-time enrolment at the doctoral level. All previous studies at the doctoral level, regardless of institution and discipline, will be included in determining eligibility.

Paid Internships

Students may not hold Affiliated Fellowship funding while on a paid internship that is at least 12 months in duration. Students who plan to be on a paid internship of at least 12 months during the 2012-2013 academic year may apply for Affiliated Fellowship funding in the fall 2011 competition, but if they are successful in winning Affiliated Fellowship funding they will be required to defer their Affiliated Fellowship until they have completed their internship, subject to the following conditions:

1. the student must be a full-time registered doctoral student once they return from the internship in order to take up the deferred Affiliated Fellowship
2. the Affiliated Fellowship funding may not be paid beyond 48 months of doctoral study
3. the Affiliated Fellowship may only be deferred and not extended
4. the internship must be a required component for completion of the degree